"The first time," said he,
"that my foot-soldiers fought against the nomes of the south which were
gathered together from Elephantine in the south to Gau on the north,
I conquered those nomes, I drove them towards the southern frontier, I
overran the left bank of the Nile in all directions. When I came to a
town I threw down its walls, I seized its chief, I imprisoned him at the
port (landing-place) until he paid me ransom. As soon as I had finished
with the left bank, and there were no longer found any who dared resist,
I passed to the right bank; like a swift hare I set full sail for
another chief.... I sailed by the north wind as by the east, by the
south as by the west, and him whose ship I boarded I vanquished utterly;
he was cast into the water, his boats fled to shore, his soldiers were
as bulls on whom falleth the lion; I compassed his city from end to end,
I seized his goods, I cast them into the fire." Thanks to his energy and
courage, he "extinguished the rebellion by the counsel and according to
the tactics of the jackal Uapuaitu, god of Siut."

[Illustration: 310.jpg MAP, THE PRINCIPALITY OF SIUT]

[Illustration: 311.jpg THE HEAVY INFANTRY OF THE PRINCES OF SIUT, ARMED
WITH LANCE AND BUCKLER]

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Insinger, taken in
1882. The scene forms part of the decoration of one of the
walls of the tomb of Khiti III.

From that time "no district of the desert was safe from his terrors,"
and he "carried flame at his pleasure among the nomes of the south."
Even while bringing desolation to his foes, he sought to repair the ills
which the invasion had brought upon his own subjects. He administered
such strict justice that evil-doers disappeared as though by magic.
"When night came, he who slept on the roads blessed me, because he was
as safe as in his own house; for the fear which was shed abroad by my
soldiers protected him; and the cattle in the fields were as safe there
as in the stable; the thief had become an abomination to the god, and he
no longer oppressed the serf, so that the latter ceased to complain, and
paid the exact dues of his land for love of me." In the time of Khiti
II., the son of Tefabi, the Heracleopolitans were still masters of
Northern Egypt, but their authority was even then menaced by the
turbulence of their own vassals, and Heracleopolis itself drove out the
Pharaoh Mirikari, who was obliged to take refuge in Siut with that Kkiti
whom he cal